Life on earth can be short or long. We cannot know the number of our days on this earth. The realization that life on the earth is fleeting comes along at various times in our lives. We at times will be forced through events, changes, or even physical diminishments … to realize how life is passing swiftly and without much control on our part.
Lofty intentions might be forgotten in the passing of the ordinary. People and friendships come and go; leaving mostly memories of connecting and un-connecting passages through time and relationships. Children grow up, leaving behind undersized bikes, broken toys, and countless interactions of love turning in our hearts like the pages of a book open to the wind.
Our mistakes follow us at times, a bit like our shadows on a bright day, reminding us of consequences we have dealt with and yet they linger around us. Our efforts at working, caring, and giving, peek out from behind the clouds of feeling, shining as light in the remembering of the things we did right.
What is the point of our living? Is it to try hard? Is it to grasp as much as we can from what we are given? Is it to struggle in doing good? What do we really live for? Why are we given life? Why were we created and what is truly the purpose of our living?
We find the greatest fulfillment when our living is in and unto Christ. Our life comes from Him, so our life is sustained and guaranteed now and forever by Him as He abides with us. The Risen Christ comes by the power of His empowering and abiding Spirit through His constant endearing and enduring love to give us life. He is the source, the nourishment, the desire, and the strength in our living.
Christ is why and how we live. Thus, when our days come to an end, we will come into His presence as the greatest gain of our living. We may wonder about things and ponder the joys and frustrations in life, but we will find the greatest possible life in living or dying in our relationship with our Savior.
“For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21, ESV).
Connecting with Christ Daily Reading … Philippians 1
